Article in the biography of G.W.H Bush- "Destiny and Power"
1. a play on his privilege..what this means? It came from this arcitcle : He doled out nicknames and his own among the officers was a play on his privilege- he was called Georgeherbertwalkerbush,said fast.
2. What this sentence meant? - One casulaty of the war was the widespread use of "Pop" or "Poppy" as a nickname for Bush.
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1. Well might you ask! I guess the writer meant to mimic "play on words", tried plugging in "privilege", and didn't realize that the result doesn't mean anything.
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- Well might you ask!
- I guess the writer meant to mimic "play on words", tried plugging in "privilege", and didn't realize that the result doesn't mean anything.
- I guess you can say that the officers were giving him a taste of his own medicine.
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1. Well might you ask! I guess the writer meant to mimic "play on words", tried plugging in "privilege", and didn't realize that the result doesn't mean anything. I guess you can say that the officers were giving him a taste of his own medicine.
2. I guess everybody called him "Pop" or "Poppy" before the war, but not so much after it. The nickname died in the war, so to speak.
0Guys who are very good buddies (as they must be in military teams), often make up nicknames for each other. The nickname that his officers gave him was one long word that had to be said very quickly: "Georgeherbertwalkerbush."
Short nicknames, like Gabby, Buster, and Chief are for people from the middle or lower class. People of privilege, that is, members of the upper class, often chris
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